Digital BW, The Print

Hi

Sistan was a great alternative to HCA (Hypo Clearing Agent) as it was done in one step and if one followed a good archival technique (two fixers, double wash) the results where pretty impressive. Added to that, you could still use selenium toning after the complete treatment to improve the archival quality. I did a lot of selenium, a lot of Sistan but not both.

Cheers

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "John Castronovo" <jc@...> wrote:

> On another note, did you ever hear of a neutral toner which was made by Agfa 
> called Sistan? Supposedly it did the same job as selenium toner in that it 
> stabilized the free silver ions left in the emulsion after processing but it 
> didn't change the color of the print.
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